After 17 years of visionary leadership, Steve Rubenstein is retiring as Executive Director of Crayons to Classrooms. Rubenstein founded the nonprofit in 2008 to support under-resourced teachers across the Miami Valley. As he steps down, longtime development director Amy Kopp will take the helm, bringing a strong background in nonprofit leadership and a deep commitment to educational equity.
Honda has awarded Crayons to Classrooms a $25,000 grant to support its Reduce and Reuse for Education initiative, helping redirect supplies to under-resourced schools instead of landfills. This partnership promotes sustainability while providing essential materials to teachers and students in Ohio’s Miami Valley.
The Berry Family Foundation has generously donated $15,000 to Crayons to Classrooms for the 2024-25 school year, continuing their support of local teachers and educational equity. This funding helps provide essential school supplies to under-resourced schools, ensuring that teachers and students have the resources they need to succeed.
The Centerville Noon Optimist Club is supporting local students by funding Classroom Solutions with a $5,000 grant for the 2024-25 school year. Their generosity helps Crayons to Classrooms provide essential social-emotional learning tools and supplies to teachers serving low-income students.
Since 2009, Crayons to Classrooms has provided teachers of low-income students with over $40 million in essential school supplies—ensuring classrooms have the resources they need to thrive.
Crayons to Classrooms is grateful to the Springfield Foundation for awarding a $5,000 grant to support 23 Clark County schools. This funding helps provide essential school supplies to over 11,000 students, ensuring they have the tools they need to succeed.
“I was so pleasantly surprised with my recent trip to Crayons to Classrooms! I had never visited before and was thrilled to hear that our high school students volunteered at C2C which won some of our teachers a shopping spree. What an organized establishment! No strings attached, simply FREE things for you as a teacher, your students and your school! Backpacks, face masks, hand sanitizer, pens, pencils, binders, sticky notes, markers, books, you name it! The ladies at Crayons to Classrooms bent over backwards with their willingness to help us shop for our needs. This was an amazing experience and my students benefited greatly!”
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